[78-L] Doris Day

[Roger Wade]

I'm with Andrea when it comes to Rosemary Clooney.  I remember watching her on television when I was still a child and thinking she was something special.  I think her 1955 recording of "Sophisticated Lady" with the Duke Ellington Orchestra is stunningly good.  Her later in life albums on the Concord Jazz label are consistently good.  I only wish I had the good fortune of Andrea to actually meet her.  

Roger Wade
Really Old Records

On Sep 12, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Andrea Walsh wrote:

> Say what you like about Rosemary Clooney, but I met her several times, and
> she was one of the sweetest ladies I ever met. She owned a piano once owned
> by George Gershwin, which I marveled at, and lived in the house that Russ
> Columbo owned until his death. She loved to tell stories, and showed me all
> around her home. I was lucky to have met her.
> 
> Andrea Walsh
> On Sep 12, 2011 6:05 PM, "Mark Bardenwerper" <citrogsa at charter.net> wrote:
>> On 9/12/2011 7:53, David Lennick wrote:
>>> Clooney was mentioned early on, in a context like "if she hadn't been
> forced at
>>> gunpoint by Mitch Miller to record crap, she could have done good stuff
> later
>>> on". But someone would have had to force her at gunpoint to get rid of
> that
>>> elongated "l" in every word and that phony cheek-paralyzing smile. Phony
> phony
>>> phony phony phony. Sorry.
>>> 
>>> 
>> You gotta admit though she could do white soul. I was not big on her
>> acting. She sure had her day and she had her songs. Italian mombo...
>> Day could act. Versatile moreso than the others.
>> They all brought home the bacon.
>> 
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